“Vibrance’s Edge”, a Free Download on the Occasion of Holi 2010!
Vibrance’s Edge is a track I am giving away as free download on the occasion of Holi. It’s an unmastered mix of a new James Whetzel solo track. Appropriately, it’s a Bollywood influenced number.
You can download it at iLike:
http://www.ilike.com/artist/James+Whetzel/track/Vibrance%27s+Edge+%28Diamond+in+the+Mix%29
& Sound Cloud:
http://soundcloud.com/jameswhetzel/vibrances-edge-diamond-in-the-mix
Astute Whetzel listeners may recognize an element or two from the track “About Love” from my album “The House of Good Juju.” Yes. It’s true, I started this track by remixing “About Love” for a performance a couple months back. I now know more about love than I did in 2008, so it is only fair that I revisit the music and bring some deeper insights and renewed vigor.
For those who don’t know what Holi is, it’s a Hindu festival in which people “play with colors.” This can mean throwing colored powder on people, smearing people with colors, or using super shooters to spray colors. Sometimes it seems like it can get a bit out of hand, (word to the wise avoid riding a train in Bihar during holi . . . I’m just sayin’) anyways it can also be a lot of fun.
There are many stories about the origin of Holi, the one I like is that it came about because Krishna, who was an adopted child as the story goes, was confused as to why he looked different from his girlfriend Radha. Krishna had dark skin, and Radha had light skin. His adoptive mother suggested to him that that they put colors on each other so that their difference in appearance would disappear.
A couple years back I threw a holi party with my buddy Shree D and I have to say the concept did work. By the end everybody did look like members of the same extra-terrestrial race! (see attached photo by Cassie Wallender).
I hope you enjoy the track, it’s not actually a track about holi per se but I thought it was a good occasion to give this one out to the world. So please vibe out to it, rock out it, dance about to it, and even throw colors on someone if you can find someone who wants to do it!
Hey, hey holi hai. Cheers!
James Whetzel